Elections | IRGAC

Elections

Inside the Zohran Mamdani Campaign: Lessons in Socialist Strategy and its Pressing Challenges

In Perspective In a time when authoritarianism is globalized, leftist victories also have a spillover effect that inspires counter-strategies in different geographies. In this article, Özge Yaka draws some lessons from the Mamdani campaign and points to challenges for socialists around the globe.

Milei's Government in Argentina: Will Going Against Gravity Work?

In Perspective As Milei's government approaches a year in office, important changes that were not foreseen a few months ago seem to be signaling the end of the honeymoon. And the Argentine political scene may once again show its traditional vivacity

By Mariano Féliz

Feminisms against Milei — and Beyond

In Perspective It seems that the feminist movement was decisive in tipping the the balance in the first round of elections in Argentina. However, the electoral game is just one of the arenas of power. Feminisms - in the plural because we are diverse - are against Milei and beyond.

Don’t Cry for Me Argentina: Primary Elections Put a Right-Wing Candidate on the Podium

In Perspective Argentina’s primary, open, and compulsory elections (PASO) confirmed a shift in the political system towards the far right. The result of the PASO is the conclusion of a process that for at least a decade has seen a sustained deterioration in the living conditions of the population, in the context of increases in the precariousness of labour and in the financialization of life.

By Mariano Féliz

The First Months of Lula’s Government and Neo-Liberal Stuckness

Theory & Research On 8 January, Brazil and the world were shocked by images of the same Brasilia now filled with supporters of Jair Bolsonaro in a coup attempt. The attack was defeated and the Supreme Federal Court (STF) responded vigorously, but the sensation of a not-so-new era returned: projections of a transformative future gave way to the feeling of imprisonment in a past that permanently restores our historical dilemmas to the present.